On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 12:08:04PM +0100, Alan Schmitt wrote: > Hello, > > This may be slightly off-topic for the list, but as I’m considering > org-contacts for my question, I hope it will be of interest here. > > I would like to migrate my contact management to emacs, as I’m already > using it for email. My requirements are the following ones: > - address completion in emacs email clients (I currently use notmuch) > - support for multiple email addresses and custom fields > - creation of org links to contacts > - export to vcard format for synchronization to my mobile phone (using > vdirsyncer) > - keep the data under version control > > I have looked at two tools, which almost seem fit for the job. > - ebdb does most of this, with the exception of vcard export (it seems > to be worked on, https://github.com/girzel/ebdb/issues/60), and I’m not > sure using version control on an sqlite file is a good idea. > - org-contacts also seem to have all the required features, including > vcard export (and if not sufficient there is > https://github.com/novoid/org-contacts2vcard). I was worried it was > unmaintained when looking at the copyright line, but I see in > https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/commits/master/contrib/lisp/org-contacts.el > that there are recent commits to the file. > > Do you manage your contacts in emacs? And if so, what tools or workflow > do you recommend?
The only reason I don't use BBDB is I want to use Org to allow me to maintain notes about contacts (ie: CRM). Yes, I get that I could have a CRM file and link in BBDB contacts, but that feels like adding layers. The stumbling point for me has been exporting to my mobile phone. I'm fine with a one way sync from my BBDB/Org solution to the phone, but I feel like I never found a good option. Please share what you find works for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams rlad...@adamsinfoserv.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3
